Entities
Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb
- entity_id
- {'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
- canonical_name
- {'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
- greek_name
- {'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
- tradition
- {'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
- entity_class
- {'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
- entity_type
- {'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
- category
- {'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
- primary_domains
- {'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
- evidence_confidence
- {'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
- chthonic_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
- serpent_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
- short_note
- {'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}
51 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Germanic/Norse"
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| entity_id ▼ | canonical_name | greek_name | tradition | entity_type | category | primary_domains | tags | cult_scope | primary_period | evidence_confidence | review_status | inclusion_basis | earth_association_score | chthonic_flag | serpent_flag | short_note | entity_class |
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| ENT_NOR_AEGIR | Aegir | Germanic/Norse | Sea god | Jötunn of the sea | the sea; the brewing of ale; the feast of the gods | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Sea-giant | 0 | 0 | 0 | The sea-giant who brews ale and hosts the gods' feasts; lord of the ocean. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_ALCIS | The Alcis | Germanic/Norse | God | Continental Germanic | divine twins; young brother-gods | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Tacitus, Germania 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A pair of young brother-gods worshipped by the Nahanarvali (a Lugian tribe), whom Tacitus equates by Roman interpretation with Castor and Pollux; the Germanic reflex of the Indo-European Divine Twins. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_AUDHUMLA | Audhumla | Germanic/Norse | Primordial being | The primordial cow | nourishment; the primordial ice | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Primordial being | 1 | 0 | 0 | The primordial cow whose milk fed Ymir and who licked Buri free from the ice. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BALDR | Baldr | Germanic/Norse | God | Dying God | light; beauty; death; return | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 1 | 1 | 0 | God associated with beauty, death, and eschatological return. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BESTLA | Bestla | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Giant progenitrix | the maternal line of Odin | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 6; Havamal 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A giantess, daughter of Bolthorn, mother of Odin, Vili and Ve by Borr. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BORR | Borr | Germanic/Norse | God | Primeval god | the second generation; (father of Odin) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 4; Gylfaginning 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Son of Buri and father (by the giantess Bestla) of Odin, Vili and Ve. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BRAGI | Bragi | Germanic/Norse | God | God of poetry | poetry; eloquence; skaldcraft | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The god of poetry and eloquence, husband of Idun. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BURI | Buri | Germanic/Norse | Primordial being | Ancestor of the Aesir | the first god; the ancestry of Odin | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Primordial ancestor | 0 | 0 | 0 | The first god, licked free from the ice by Audhumla, grandfather of Odin. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_DAGR | Dagr | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial deity | the day | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | The personified Day, son of Dellingr and Nott, who rides the bright horse across the sky. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_DELLINGR | Dellingr | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial/dawn deity | the dawn | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | An Aesir of the dawn, husband of Nott and father of Dagr. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_EIR | Eir | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | healing; medicine | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess called "the best of physicians," associated with healing. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FORSETI | Forseti | Germanic/Norse | God | God of justice | justice; reconciliation; the assembly | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The god of justice and reconciliation who settles all disputes in his hall Glitnir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FREYJA | Freyja | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | War Deity | love; fertility; seidr; war; dead | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 3 | 1 | 0 | Goddess associated with love, fertility, seidr, war, and the dead. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FREYR | Freyr | Germanic/Norse | Fertility god | Fertility Deity | fertility; kingship; peace; prosperity; agriculture | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 4 | 0 | 0 | God associated with fertility, prosperity, peace, and kingship. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FRIGG | Frigg | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Mother Deity | marriage; motherhood; sovereignty; fate knowledge | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Goddess associated with marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FULLA | Fulla | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | Frigg's confidante; the keeping of secrets | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frigg's handmaid who bears her casket and knows her secrets. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_GEFJON | Gefjon | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | ploughing; virginity; the founding of Zealand | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | A goddess who ploughed the island of Zealand out of Sweden with her ox-sons; virgins go to her after death. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_GULLVEIG | Gullveig | Germanic/Norse | Vanir being | Witch of the Aesir-Vanir war | gold; witchcraft (seiðr); the first war | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Vanir-being | 0 | 0 | 0 | The thrice-burnt witch whose ill-treatment by the Aesir sparked the war with the Vanir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HEIMDALL | Heimdall | Germanic/Norse | God | Watchman of the gods | the Bifröst watch; the Gjallarhorn; foreknowledge | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The ever-watchful warden of the gods at the rainbow bridge, who will sound the Gjallarhorn at Ragnarök. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HEL | Hel | Germanic/Norse | Underworld ruler | Underworld Deity | underworld; dead; chthonic rule | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse underworld figure | 5 | 1 | 0 | Ruler of Hel/the underworld realm. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HERMOD | Hermóðr | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the ride to Hel; the ransom of Baldr | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | "Hermóðr the Bold," son of Odin, who rides Sleipnir down to Hel to seek Baldr's release. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HODR | Hodr | Germanic/Norse | God | Blind god | blindness; the slaying of Baldr | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The blind god who, guided by Loki, slew his brother Baldr with the mistletoe. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HOENIR | Hœnir | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the giving of reason/sense; the hostage to the Vanir | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa; Gylfaginning | 0 | 0 | 0 | An Aesir god who, with Odin, gives sense/reason to the first humans; sent to the Vanir as a hostage after their war. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_IDUN | Idun | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of youth | the apples of immortality; youth | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 1 | 0 | 0 | The keeper of the golden apples that preserve the gods' youth, wife of Bragi. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_LODURR | Lóðurr | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the giving of blood/vital warmth to the first humans | mythological | C | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the three creator-gods (with Odin and Hœnir) who gave life to Ask and Embla; identity (perhaps Loki) unresolved. UNCERTAIN. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MAGNI | Magni | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | strength; (heir of Thor) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Strength," son of Thor by the giantess Jarnsaxa, who as a child lifts Hrungnir's leg off his father; survives Ragnarok. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MANI | Máni | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial deity | the moon; the moon-chariot | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The personified Moon, who drives the moon-chariot pursued by the wolf Hati; son of Mundilfari, brother of Sol. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MODI | Móði | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | wrath; (heir of Thor) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Wrath," a son of Thor who, with his brother Magni, inherits the hammer Mjollnir and survives Ragnarok. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NANNA | Nanna | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess; wife of Baldr | devotion; grief | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 0 | 0 | 0 | The wife of Baldr, who died of grief and was laid on his pyre. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NERTHUS | Nerthus | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Continental Germanic | the earth; fertility; peace; the wagon-procession | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | Tacitus, Germania 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | A continental Germanic earth-goddess worshipped by seven Suebian tribes with a wagon-procession rite on an ocean island; Tacitus glosses her explicitly as "Terra Mater." Etymological precursor of the later (masculine) Njord. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NJORD | Njord | Germanic/Norse | Sea/prosperity god | Sea Deity | sea; wealth; ships; prosperity | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vanir god associated with sea, ships, wealth, and prosperity. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NOTT | Nótt | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Celestial deity | the night | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | The personified Night, of giant descent (daughter of Norfi), mother of Dagr; rides the sky before the day. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_ODIN | Odin | Germanic/Norse | High god | High Deity | sovereignty; wisdom; war; poetry; death; magic | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 1 | 0 | Major Norse god associated with sovereignty, wisdom, war, poetry, death, and magic. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_RAN | Ran | Germanic/Norse | Sea goddess | Goddess of the drowned | the sea-net; the drowned dead | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Sea-goddess | 0 | 1 | 0 | The sea-goddess who draws the drowned into her net, wife of Aegir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SAGA | Sága | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | wisdom; the drinking-hall Sokkvabekk | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess who drinks daily with Odin at the hall Sokkvabekk; associated with memory/story. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SIF | Sif | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of the harvest | golden hair; the grain harvest | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 2 | 0 | 0 | The golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, whose hair the dwarves remade in gold. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SIGYN | Sigyn | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | wifely faithfulness; the venom-bowl | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The faithful wife of Loki, who holds a bowl to catch the serpent's venom dripping on the bound Loki. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SJOFN | Sjöfn | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | love; turning hearts to affection | mythological | C | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess of the sixteen Asynjur who turns minds toward love. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SKADI | Skadi | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of winter and the hunt | winter; mountains; skiing; the hunt | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Jötunn-goddess | 2 | 0 | 0 | The giantess of winter and the hunt who joined the Aesir by marrying Njord. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR | Skírnir | Germanic/Norse | God | Servant of Freyr | wooing; messages; the winning of Gerd | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skirnismal | 0 | 0 | 0 | The servant and messenger of Freyr, who wins the giantess Gerd for him and obtains the fetter Gleipnir from the dwarves. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SKULD | Skuld | Germanic/Norse | Norn | Norn of the future | fate; what shall be; necessity | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | The Norn of the future | 0 | 0 | 0 | Skuld ("that which shall be"), the Norn of the future and necessity. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SOL | Sól | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Celestial deity | the sun; the sun-chariot | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | The personified Sun, who drives the sun-chariot across the sky pursued by the wolf Skoll; daughter of Mundilfari. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_THOR | Thor | Germanic/Norse | Thunder god | Storm Deity | thunder; protection; strength; giants; fertility | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Thunder god associated with protection, strength, and combat with giants. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_THRUD | Þrúðr | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | strength; (daughter of Thor) | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess, daughter of Thor and Sif; her name ("strength") also appears among the valkyries. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_TYR | Tyr | Germanic/Norse | War/law god | War Deity | war; law; oath; courage | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 1 | 0 | 0 | God associated with war, law, and oaths. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_ULLR | Ullr | Germanic/Norse | God | God of archery | archery; skiing; the hunt; single combat | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 1 | 0 | 0 | The god of archery, skiing and the hunt, invoked in single combat. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_URD | Urd | Germanic/Norse | Norn | Norn of the past | fate; what has become; the well of Urd | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | The Norn of the past | 0 | 0 | 0 | Urd ("that which became"), eldest of the three Norns, who tends the well at Yggdrasil's root. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_VALI | Vali | Germanic/Norse | God | God of vengeance | vengeance for Baldr | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The god born to avenge Baldr, who slew Hodr when one night old. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_VAR | Vár | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | oaths; marriage vows | mythological | C | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess who hears oaths and marriage agreements and punishes those who break them. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_VERDANDI | Verdandi | Germanic/Norse | Norn | Norn of the present | fate; what is becoming | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | The Norn of the present | 0 | 0 | 0 | Verdandi ("that which is becoming"), the Norn of the present. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_VIDAR | Vidar | Germanic/Norse | God | God of vengeance | silence; vengeance; survival of Ragnarök | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The silent god of vengeance who will avenge Odin by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarök. | deity |
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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
[entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
[canonical_name] TEXT,
[greek_name] TEXT,
[tradition] TEXT,
[entity_type] TEXT,
[category] TEXT,
[primary_domains] TEXT,
[tags] TEXT,
[cult_scope] TEXT,
[primary_period] TEXT,
[evidence_confidence] TEXT,
[review_status] TEXT,
[inclusion_basis] TEXT,
[earth_association_score] INTEGER,
[chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
[serpent_flag] INTEGER,
[short_note] TEXT,
[entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
ON [entities] ([entity_class]);